EP0529647A1 - Apparatus for forming porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an apparatus for forming a porous preform by extrusion used to fabricate optical fiber.
- a material mainly containing silica powder is mixed with a binder and water, the resultant mixture is kneaded, thereby forming a plastifiable material, and the plastifiable material is supplied to an extrusion machine to form a porous preform.
- a conventional apparatus for forming a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber by extrusion comprises an extruding main body 12 constituted by a cylinder 10 and a screw 11 which rotates in the cylinder 10 to extrude a plastifiable material, a cylindrical body 14 having a length of about 100 mm and connected to the cylinder 10 by an O-ring 13, and a molding head 15 connected to the cylindrical body 14 by the O-ring 13. Since the cylindrical body 14 is interposed between the extruding main body 12 and the molding head 15, the plastifiable material can stop rotating before it reaches the molding head 15.
- a porous preform must be prevented from even slight contamination so that the optical property of the final product, i.e. the optical fiber, may not be degraded.
- the metal portion of the extruding apparatus is plated with hard chromium.
- the resultant porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber contains a lamination defect.
- the porous preform is sintered and changed to a transparent glassy rod, voids may be formed therein, due to this lamination defect.
- an apparatus for forming a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber by extruding a plastifiable material containing silica powder as its main component including: an extruding main body having a cylinder and a screw for extruding the plastifiable material from the cylinder; a material passage member connected to the cylinder so as to communicate therewith and having a rotation stopping member; and a molding head connected to the material passage member so as to communicate therewith.
- FIG. 2 shows an apparatus for forming a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- An extruding main body 2 comprises a cylinder 20 and a screw 21 for extruding a plastifiable material from the cylinder 20.
- the inner diameter of the cylinder 20 is about 80 mm.
- a cylindrical body 22 is connected to the extruding main body 2 by an O-ring 23 so as to communicate therewith.
- the inner diameter of the cylindrical body 22 is substantially the same as that of the cylinder 20.
- the cylinder 20 and the cylindrical body 22 are fixed to each other by bolts 24.
- the cylindrical body 22 has a plurality of rotation stopping means, i.e. rotation stopping bolts 25.
- the rotation stopping bolts 25 are screwed into threaded holes in the circumferential wall of the cylindrical body 22, and protrude in a material passage region 26 in the cylindrical body 22. Hence, it is possible to control the length of the projection of a rotation stopping bolt 25 projecting in the material passage region 26 by adjusting the degree of screwing the rotation stopping bolt 25.
- the rotation stopping means may be a projection 27 as shown in Figs. 3A and 3B, which is formed continuously in the circumferential direction on the inner surface of the cylindrical body 22. Otherwise, it may be a plurality of projections 28 as shown in Figs. 4A and 4B, which are arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction on the inner surface of the cylindrical body 22, or a plurality of projections 29 as shown in Figs. 5A and 5B, which are aranged at regular intervals in the circumferential direction on the inner surface of the cylindrical body, extending in the longitudinal direction.
- the cylindrical body serving as a material passage member, may be replaced by a member having a cross section other than a circle, for example, an ellipse, a rectangle, or a polygon, so that the passage member itself serves as rotation stopping means.
- rotation stopping bolts 25 or projections 27, 28 or 29 as shown in Figs. 2 to 5 may be formed on the material passage member having a cross section other than a circle.
- the extruding main body 2 and the cylindrical body 22 are separable members.
- the cylinder 20 of the extruding main body 2 may be much longer so as to form rotation stopping means on an extending region.
- a molding head 30 is connected to the cylindrical body 22 by an O-ring 23 so as to communicate with the material passage region 26.
- silica powder having an average diameter of 8 ⁇ m 100 parts by weight of silica powder having an average diameter of 8 ⁇ m was mixed with 3 parts by weight of methyl cellulose functioning as a binder and 22 parts by weight of pure water functioning as a solvent. The mixture was kneaded uniformly, thereby forming a plastifiable material.
- the plastifiable material was supplied to the extrusion machine as shown in Fig. 2 and subjected to an extrusion process. As a result, a porous preform of an outer diameter of about 30 mm and a length of about 500 mm was obtained.
- the cylindrical body 22 had an inner diameter of 80 mm and a length of 100 mm.
- 10 rotation stopping bolts 25 were inserted in the cylindrical body 22 at regular intervals in the circumferential direction. The rotation stopping bolts 25 were protruded by 20 mm from the inner surface of the cylindrical body.
- the obtained porous preform for optical fiber was dried at the temperature of 110°C, and degreased in the air at the temperature of 500°C for 5 hours. Further, it was purified in a Cl2-containing He atmosphere at the temperature of 1200°C, and sintered in an He atmosphere at the temperature of 1600°C. As a result, a transparent glassy rod having an outer diameter of 25 mm and a length of 450 mm was obtained. The glassy rod did not include voids due to the lamination defect.
- the glassy rod as a core rod was coated with a cladding material, i.e. an acrylic resin, thereby forming a plastic clad optical fiber (PCS fiber) having a core diameter of 200 mm and a clad diameter of 230 mm.
- a cladding material i.e. an acrylic resin
- the plastifiable material used in the Example 1 was supplied to an extrusion machine in which a molding head was directly connected to an extruding main body, and subjected to an extrusion process.
- the resultant porous preform included cracks due to a lamination defect and was not satisfactory for practical purpose.
- FIG. 6 shows an apparatus for forming a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- a cross head 6 has a first material supplying port 60 and a second material supplying port 61.
- the first and second material supplying ports 60 and 61 respectively communicate with first and second material passages 62 and 63.
- First and second cylindrical bodies 64 and 65 are respectively connected to the first and second material supplying ports 60 and 61 by O-rings 66.
- a plurality of rotation stopping bolts 67 were inserted in each of the first and second cylindrical bodies 64 and 65.
- silica powder containing GeO2 of 3.5 wt%, compounded by frame-hydrolysis and having an average diameter of 0.7 ⁇ m was mixed with 36 parts by weight of 10% polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) aqueous solution functioning as a binder.
- PVA polyvinyl alcohol
- silica powder having an average diameter of 8 ⁇ m 100 parts by weight of silica powder having an average diameter of 8 ⁇ m was mixed with 3 parts by weight of methyl cellulose functioning as a binder and 22 parts by weight of pure water functioning as a solvent. The mixture was kneaded, thereby forming a plastifiable material for cladding.
- plastifiable materials were supplied to the extrusion machine as shown in Fig. 6 and subjected to extrusion.
- the plastifiable material to be a core was supplied through the first material supplying port 60 and the plastifiable material for cladding was supplied through the second material supplying port 61.
- a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber having an outer diameter of about 80 mm and a length of about 600 mm was obtained.
- the first and second cylindrical bodies 64 and 65 had an inner diameter of 80 mm and a length of 100 mm.
- 10 rotation stopping bolts 67 were inserted in each cylindrical body at regular intervals in the circumferential direction. The rotation stopping bolts 67 were protruded by 20 mm from the inner surface of the cylindrical body.
- the obtained porous preform was dried at the temperature of 110°C, and degreased in the air at the temperature of 500°C for 5 hours. Further, it was purified in a Cl2-containing He atmosphere at the temperature of 1200°C, and sintered in an He atmosphere at the temperature of 1600°C. As a result, a transparent glassy rod for optical fiber, which did not include voids due to the lamination defect, was obtained.
- the glassy rod was drawn by a conventional procedure, thereby forming a single-mode optical fiber having an outer diameter of 125 ⁇ m.
- the optical property of the optical fiber was satisfactory for practical purpose.
- the plastifiable materials for a core and cladding used in the Example 2 were supplied to an extrusion machine in which cylindrical bodies having no rotation stopping bolts were connected to a cross head, and subjected to an extrusion process.
- the resultant porous preform included cracks due to a lamination defect, which were less than those in the Comparative Example 1, and was not satisfactory for practical purpose.
- the porous preform was sintered, resulting in a transparent glassy rod in which voids were formed spirally along the lamination.
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- The present invention relates to an apparatus for forming a porous preform by extrusion used to fabricate optical fiber.
- In general, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 18421/91 for example, in a method of forming a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber by extrusion, a material mainly containing silica powder is mixed with a binder and water, the resultant mixture is kneaded, thereby forming a plastifiable material, and the plastifiable material is supplied to an extrusion machine to form a porous preform.
- When a plastifiable material is extruded by means of an extrusion machine, it is rotated in a direction in which a screw is rotated in a cylinder of the extrusion machine. It is known that a layered defect, i.e. a so-called lamination, is formed in the extruded preform, if the plastifiable material does not stop rotating before it reaches a molding head (Yoichi Motoki, Ceramic Fabricating Process, published by Gihodo Shuppan, 1987, page 45).
- As shown in Fig. 1, a conventional apparatus for forming a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber by extrusion comprises an extruding
main body 12 constituted by acylinder 10 and ascrew 11 which rotates in thecylinder 10 to extrude a plastifiable material, acylindrical body 14 having a length of about 100 mm and connected to thecylinder 10 by an O-ring 13, and amolding head 15 connected to thecylindrical body 14 by the O-ring 13. Since thecylindrical body 14 is interposed between the extrudingmain body 12 and themolding head 15, the plastifiable material can stop rotating before it reaches themolding head 15. - Unlike other molded components, a porous preform must be prevented from even slight contamination so that the optical property of the final product, i.e. the optical fiber, may not be degraded. For this purpose, in the apparatus for forming a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber, the metal portion of the extruding apparatus is plated with hard chromium.
- If the
cylindrical body 14 is plated with hard chromium, the rotation of the plastifiable material cannot be sufficiently stopped therein, since friction between the hard chrome and the plastifiable material is low. Hence, the resultant porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber contains a lamination defect. As a result, when the porous preform is sintered and changed to a transparent glassy rod, voids may be formed therein, due to this lamination defect. - It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for forming a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber, which produces a porous preform free from a lamination defect.
- The object is achieved by an apparatus for forming a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber by extruding a plastifiable material containing silica powder as its main component, the apparatus including: an extruding main body having a cylinder and a screw for extruding the plastifiable material from the cylinder; a material passage member connected to the cylinder so as to communicate therewith and having a rotation stopping member; and a molding head connected to the material passage member so as to communicate therewith.
- This invention can be more fully understood from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
- Fig. 1 is a diagram showing a conventional apparatus for forming a porous preform by extrusion used to fabricate optical fiber;
- Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an apparatus for forming a porous preform by extrusion to form optical fiber according to an embodiment of the present invention;
- Fig. 3A is a diagram showing an example of the cylindrical body of the apparatus according to the present invention;
- Fig. 3B is a cross-sectional view taken along the
line 3B-3B in Fig. 3A; - Fig. 4A is a diagram showing another example of the cylindrical body of the apparatus according to the present invention;
- Fig. 4B is a cross-sectional views taken along the
lines 4B-4B in Fig. 4A; - Fig. 5A is a diagram showing still another example of the cylindrical body of the apparatus according to the present invention;
- Fig. 5B is a cross-sectional views taken along the
lines 5B-5B in Fig. 5A; and - Fig. 6 is a diagram showing an apparatus for forming a porous preform by extrusion to form optical fiber according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
- Fig. 2 shows an apparatus for forming a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber according to an embodiment of the present invention. An extruding
main body 2 comprises acylinder 20 and ascrew 21 for extruding a plastifiable material from thecylinder 20. The inner diameter of thecylinder 20 is about 80 mm. - A
cylindrical body 22 is connected to the extrudingmain body 2 by an O-ring 23 so as to communicate therewith. The inner diameter of thecylindrical body 22 is substantially the same as that of thecylinder 20. Thecylinder 20 and thecylindrical body 22 are fixed to each other bybolts 24. - The
cylindrical body 22 has a plurality of rotation stopping means, i.e.rotation stopping bolts 25. Therotation stopping bolts 25 are screwed into threaded holes in the circumferential wall of thecylindrical body 22, and protrude in amaterial passage region 26 in thecylindrical body 22. Hence, it is possible to control the length of the projection of arotation stopping bolt 25 projecting in thematerial passage region 26 by adjusting the degree of screwing therotation stopping bolt 25. Therotation stopping bolts 25, serving as resistance elements against the circumferential rotation of the plastifiable material, stop rotation of the plastifiable material, thereby sufficiently preventing a lamination defect. - The rotation stopping means may be a
projection 27 as shown in Figs. 3A and 3B, which is formed continuously in the circumferential direction on the inner surface of thecylindrical body 22. Otherwise, it may be a plurality ofprojections 28 as shown in Figs. 4A and 4B, which are arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction on the inner surface of thecylindrical body 22, or a plurality ofprojections 29 as shown in Figs. 5A and 5B, which are aranged at regular intervals in the circumferential direction on the inner surface of the cylindrical body, extending in the longitudinal direction. The cylindrical body, serving as a material passage member, may be replaced by a member having a cross section other than a circle, for example, an ellipse, a rectangle, or a polygon, so that the passage member itself serves as rotation stopping means. In this case,rotation stopping bolts 25 orprojections main body 2 and thecylindrical body 22 are separable members. However, thecylinder 20 of the extrudingmain body 2 may be much longer so as to form rotation stopping means on an extending region. - A
molding head 30 is connected to thecylindrical body 22 by an O-ring 23 so as to communicate with thematerial passage region 26. - The following are examples of forming a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber, by means of the apparatus of the present invention:
- 100 parts by weight of silica powder having an average diameter of 8 µm was mixed with 3 parts by weight of methyl cellulose functioning as a binder and 22 parts by weight of pure water functioning as a solvent. The mixture was kneaded uniformly, thereby forming a plastifiable material.
- The plastifiable material was supplied to the extrusion machine as shown in Fig. 2 and subjected to an extrusion process. As a result, a porous preform of an outer diameter of about 30 mm and a length of about 500 mm was obtained. The
cylindrical body 22 had an inner diameter of 80 mm and a length of 100 mm. 10rotation stopping bolts 25 were inserted in thecylindrical body 22 at regular intervals in the circumferential direction. Therotation stopping bolts 25 were protruded by 20 mm from the inner surface of the cylindrical body. - The obtained porous preform for optical fiber was dried at the temperature of 110°C, and degreased in the air at the temperature of 500°C for 5 hours. Further, it was purified in a Cℓ₂-containing He atmosphere at the temperature of 1200°C, and sintered in an He atmosphere at the temperature of 1600°C. As a result, a transparent glassy rod having an outer diameter of 25 mm and a length of 450 mm was obtained. The glassy rod did not include voids due to the lamination defect.
- The glassy rod as a core rod was coated with a cladding material, i.e. an acrylic resin, thereby forming a plastic clad optical fiber (PCS fiber) having a core diameter of 200 mm and a clad diameter of 230 mm. The optical property of the optical fiber was satisfactory for practical purpose.
- The plastifiable material used in the Example 1 was supplied to an extrusion machine in which a molding head was directly connected to an extruding main body, and subjected to an extrusion process. The resultant porous preform included cracks due to a lamination defect and was not satisfactory for practical purpose.
- Fig. 6 shows an apparatus for forming a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber according to another embodiment of the present invention. A
cross head 6 has a firstmaterial supplying port 60 and a secondmaterial supplying port 61. The first and secondmaterial supplying ports second material passages cylindrical bodies material supplying ports rings 66. A plurality ofrotation stopping bolts 67 were inserted in each of the first and secondcylindrical bodies - In the apparatus thus arranged, plastifiable materials supplied through the first and
second material passage junction 68 located in a distal end portion of thecross head 6. In this apparatus also, the rotation of the plastifiable materials was sufficiently stopped, thereby preventing a lamination defect, in the same manner as in the apparatus shown in Fig. 2. - 100 parts by weight of silica powder containing GeO₂ of 3.5 wt%, compounded by frame-hydrolysis and having an average diameter of 0.7 µm, was mixed with 36 parts by weight of 10% polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) aqueous solution functioning as a binder. The mixture was kneaded uniformly, thereby forming a plastifiable material to be a core.
- 100 parts by weight of silica powder having an average diameter of 8 µm was mixed with 3 parts by weight of methyl cellulose functioning as a binder and 22 parts by weight of pure water functioning as a solvent. The mixture was kneaded, thereby forming a plastifiable material for cladding.
- These plastifiable materials were supplied to the extrusion machine as shown in Fig. 6 and subjected to extrusion. The plastifiable material to be a core was supplied through the first
material supplying port 60 and the plastifiable material for cladding was supplied through the secondmaterial supplying port 61. As a result, a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber having an outer diameter of about 80 mm and a length of about 600 mm was obtained. The first and secondcylindrical bodies rotation stopping bolts 67 were inserted in each cylindrical body at regular intervals in the circumferential direction. Therotation stopping bolts 67 were protruded by 20 mm from the inner surface of the cylindrical body. - The obtained porous preform was dried at the temperature of 110°C, and degreased in the air at the temperature of 500°C for 5 hours. Further, it was purified in a Cℓ₂-containing He atmosphere at the temperature of 1200°C, and sintered in an He atmosphere at the temperature of 1600°C. As a result, a transparent glassy rod for optical fiber, which did not include voids due to the lamination defect, was obtained.
- The glassy rod was drawn by a conventional procedure, thereby forming a single-mode optical fiber having an outer diameter of 125 µm. The optical property of the optical fiber was satisfactory for practical purpose.
- The plastifiable materials for a core and cladding used in the Example 2 were supplied to an extrusion machine in which cylindrical bodies having no rotation stopping bolts were connected to a cross head, and subjected to an extrusion process. The resultant porous preform included cracks due to a lamination defect, which were less than those in the Comparative Example 1, and was not satisfactory for practical purpose.
- The porous preform was sintered, resulting in a transparent glassy rod in which voids were formed spirally along the lamination.
- As has been described above, with the apparatus for forming a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber of the present invention, since the rotation of a plastifiable material sufficiently stops by virtue of the rotation stopping means provided in the material passage member, a defect such as a crack due to lamination in the obtained porous preform is suppressed. Hence, the yield of producing porous preforms used to fabricate optical fiber can be increased.
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- An apparatus for forming a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber by extruding a plastifiable material containing silica powder as its main component, said apparatus characterized by comprising:
an extruding main body having a cylinder and a screw for extruding the plastifiable material from said cylinder;
a material passage member connected to said cylinder so as to communicate therewith and having rotation stopping means; and
a molding head connected to said material passage member so as to communicate therewith. - An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that said rotation stopping means is a projection member projecting in a material passage region.
- An apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that said projection member is continuously formed on the inner surface of said material passage member in the circumferential direction.
- An apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that said projection member is constituted by a plurality of projections arranged at regular intervals in the circumferential direction on the inner surface of said material passage member.
- An apparatus according to claim 2, characterized in that said projection member is constituted by a plurality of projections arranged at regular intervals in the circumferential direction on the inner surface of said material passage member, each of said projections being continuously formed in the longitudinal direction.
- An apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the cross section of said material passage member has a shape selected from a group consisting of an ellipse, a rectangle, and a polygon.
- An apparatus for forming a porous preform used to fabricate optical fiber by extruding a plastifiable material containing silica powder as its main component, said apparatus characterized by comprising:
first and second extruding main bodies, each having a cylinder and a screw for extruding the plastifiable material from said cylinder;
first and second material passage members, respectively connected to cylinders of said first and second extruding main bodies so as to communicate therewith and having rotation stopping means; and
a molding head having first and second material supplying ports, first and second material passages respectively communicating with said first and second material supplying ports, and a junction of the first and second material passages, said first and second material supplying ports communicating with said first and second material passage members. - An apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that each of said rotation stopping means of said first and second material passage members is a projection member projecting in material passage region.
- An apparatus according to claim 8, characterized in that said projection member is continuously formed on the inner surface of each of said first and second material passage members in the circumferential direction.
- An apparatus according to claim 8, characterized in that said projection member is constituted by a plurality of projections arranged at regular intervals in the circumferential direction on the inner surface of each of said first and second material passage members.
- An apparatus according to claim 8, characterized in that said projection member is constituted by a plurality of projections arranged at regular intervals in the circumferential direction on the inner surface of each of said first and second material passage members, each of said projections being continuously formed in the longitudinal direction.
- An apparatus according to claim 7, characterized in that the cross section of each of said first and second material passage members has a shape selected from a group consisting of an ellipse, a rectangle, and a polygon.
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